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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited April 2010
    Hi Tikay. Is naming your cards (correctly or incorrectly) while betting still in progress a breach of poker rules! Or is it just a commenly used tactic? I think the first but others believe the latter!
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  • craftycarpcraftycarp
    edited April 2010
    hi there tikay . i have been chosen as 1 of the home players for sundays primo and just wanted a bit of advice realy. i have played in the primo twice before and finished 81st the first time out of 489 runners and 62nd the second time 2 off the cash bubble. i know how to play in this style of torny but with me being a home player does this mean i have go super tight as everyone's gunning for you? 
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  • raejraej
    edited April 2010
    hih, i've jst been given 1000.00 poker points. How, when and where can i use them??
    I know that sounds like a dumb question but i realise, it's not money, just points! so am i restricted?

    Rae
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    hih, i've jst been given 1000.00 poker points. How, when and where can i use them?? I know that sounds like a dumb question but i realise, it's not money, just points! so am i restricted? Rae
    Posted by raej
    Hi
    Firstly, no question is a dumb quetion.

    It they are poker points, you can use them to enter freeroll tournaments, either for cash, or to sat into other tournaments.
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  • Red_KingRed_King
    edited April 2010
    re-posted
    Bountyhunter format,
    Why is it that you do not always win the bounty when you win the hand?

    If you go all-in at the turn, with the winning hand, vs small stack all-in & any others,
    then the big stack shoves on the river to force any others off a side pot,
    big stack loses hand but takes the bounty as well as the side pot.

    Typical #248992736
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  • paparonpaparon
    edited April 2010
    hi tikay been reading super systems 2 to try and improve my game a bit and my first game after reading it i cashed in the open after abit of a dry spell i also qualified for the primo freeroll and won the national freeroll would you recomend any other poker books to read that might improve my game as i have learned a lot of things from this book like positioning ect that i didnt think was important on a 6 seater table but now i know different. thanks paparon
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  • bigred147bigred147
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    hi tikay been reading super systems 2 to try and improve my game a bit and my first game after reading it i cashed in the open after abit of a dry spell i also qualified for the primo freeroll and won the national freeroll would you recomend any other poker books to read that might improve my game as i have learned a lot of things from this book like positioning ect that i didnt think was important on a 6 seater table but now i know different. thanks paparon
    Posted by paparon
    I would recommend Harrington on hold em *Expert strategy for no-limit tournaments* part 1 and 2 both books show every aspect of how to play in tournaments and how to think about your hands at certain times. It will give you what you need to get through fields of 3000 players plus without getting into trouble and also gives you a really good way to finnishing off at the final table. This book has improved my game ten fold more so than supe system 1 and 2. Make no mistake the super system books are excellent but this book will give your game an extra dimension.
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  • scouse1515scouse1515
    edited April 2010
    Posts: 108
    First: 10/1/2010
    Last: 10/4/2010

    Why is it, you get short stacked in MTT Got 10/15 BB and u think rite just wait no rush and then wow!! KQ / K10 / A10 / JJ / QQ / Happy days so u shuv all of these hands ive had only to get call by 96 (plonker) AA /KK/AK/23/ GOT BEAT ON EVERY SINGLE ONE. Always the same on sky poker get a gud hand to shuv with but u always run into big hand, or f uckin sh it but u no its all over coz sky just want short stacks out to get MTTs over asap especially sats. really f uckin p issed off going back to PKR I Think at least u no they do call and raise u with sh it.

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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited April 2010

    hi there tikay i first played skypoker in august 2007, got straight into the open only to go out pretty quick but i soon got to grips and finished 25th in the open in june 2008 and also won a tournament on a other site. however since then, due to me not earning a great deal of money, i have stoped playing which was a shame at the time as i was really developing, but also not losing much money i was breaking even

    i now want to re enter the poker world after a year and half out, what would your advice be? same as what i did before?

    thanks tikay your advice has always been useful on the channel with a bit of humour in there for good measure

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  • scouse1515scouse1515
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    hi there tikay i first played skypoker in august 2007, got straight into the open only to go out pretty quick but i soon got to grips and finished 25th in the open in june 2008 and also won a tournament on a other site. however since then, due to me not earning a great deal of money, i have stoped playing which was a shame at the time as i was really developing, but also not losing much money i was breaking even i now want to re enter the poker world after a year and half out, what would your advice be? same as what i did before? thanks tikay your advice has always been useful on the channel with a bit of humour in there for good measure
    Posted by waters84
    Try another site
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited April 2010

    I've been Offline (but still working!) for most of this week guys, hence the delay in replying to the questions, my apologies.

    I am doing the Show tonight, so I am out of time today, but will try to get the questions answered tomorrow.

    Thank you for your patience.
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  • DTWBANDITDTWBANDIT
    edited April 2010


      hi tikay
        am having trouble finding Past Leagues  re Previous Monthly Leaderboards can be viewed in the "Past Leagues" section of the Sky Poker website, under Rewards - /> Leagues.  HELP PLEASE dtw
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  • brimicombebrimicombe
    edited April 2010
    Hi Tikey i have just won a seat in the Sky Sports DS semi-final,as im new i just wondered what would be the best way to play my hands in the semi-final?
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  • beanehbeaneh
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    Tikay... quick question.... I'f I'm going to go out with a girl for the first time, and I think I may have a remote shot of getting lucky on the first date... should I wear: (A) My Superman Pants (B) My "Best of British" Boxers (C) My Batman Cartoon Design Briefs? Any Guidance would be Greatly Appreciated :O Ash, aka (ChumpyChirp)
    Posted by ChirpyChip

    Awesome question. Waiting for the answer with baited breath.
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  • raejraej
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi Firstly, no question is a dumb quetion. It they are poker points, you can use them to enter freeroll tournaments, either for cash, or to sat into other tournaments.
    Posted by acebarry10
    i asked him a couple a couple of days ago but still haven't had an answer back yet and i'm still unable to use them, as i tried yday!

    Rae.
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : i asked him a couple a couple of days ago but still haven't had an answer back yet and i'm still unable to use them, as i tried yday! Rae.
    Posted by raej
    Hi

    Its possible Rich hasnt been in the office, I am sure as soon as he sees the pm he will contact you
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  • WilhelmWilhelm
    edited May 2010
    Tikay

    I saw today as I was channel-flicking the repeat of Sunday's Primo.  Withtin the usual mess of poker ramblings, I heard you pose me a question; whether I believe that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon actually wrote the publicised works accredited to him.  Forgive me, but for mystery's sake, I wish for my views on this issue to remain private.  It is also for mystery's sake that I am a tad annoyed at DP for revealing my true identity.  Alas, I shall get over it.  I will however try to explain why one might be tempted to suspect that William Shakespeare was no more than a frontman for the true author to protect his (or her) identity.

    "The writer", as I shall henceforth be referring to him, displays in his work a knowledge  of contemporary science, medicine, astronomy, rhetoric, music, and foreign languages.  He would have had a higher education.  There is no evidence of William of Stratford having such an education.  It is widely assumed that William Shakespeare studied at King's New School in Stratford, despite there being no attendance records for him.  Had he studied here, there is no way he could attain the knowledge and vocabularly (30,000 words odd) he is supposed to have had.  The best graduates of Oxbridge at the time had a vocabulary of only around 10,000 words.  "The writer" would have also been a well travelled man, whist William of Stratford never left the country, and rarely left the south.  Furthermore, there are no letters written by William of Stratford known to exist.  Just looking at the man's signature shows that writing his own name was a difficult task for him...  Oh yeah, and his children couldn't read or write.  Not surprising considerring there being no record of their father ever owning a book.

    O.K.  I feel I have touched on the "how", now for the "why".  Simply put, it's all politics.  As I have suggested by my earlier ramblings (once I start, it is terribly difficult to stop), it was an aristicrat who wrote Shakespeare's works.  It would have been damaging to "the writer's" public image to be seen to publish plays with such strong political messages that went against the rest of the aristocracy.  Alright so this last bit might seem a tad rubbish, but I will have to remind you here that I am only 18 years old.  I am by no means an expert in Shakespeare or the authorship debate.  A wise man explained it to me once, but I've forgotten now.

    I feel like my totally unbiased commentary may have given away my true feelings on the matter.  However, this is all merely the tip of the iceberg.  I would suggest reading up on the Shakespeare authorship question on wikipedia.  If you can trawl throught the whole thing you're a better man than me.  I use the term "man" loosely.

    Regards

    Wilhelt
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  • MereNoviceMereNovice
    edited April 2010
    Did you spell your name incorrectly there as an "homage" to the assorted spellings of Shakespeare?
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  • WilhelmWilhelm
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    Did you spell your name incorrectly there as an "homage" to the assorted spellings of Shakespeare?
    Posted by MereNovice
    Um... Yes, yes, exactly right.  Yes.  An homage, precisely...  Phew.

    Wil-helm
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  • WilhelmWilhelm
    edited April 2010
    I might add that in America the possibility that someone else wrote the work of Shakespeare is much more widely aknowledged than over this side of the pond, because the people at the top would have much more to lose than the yanks.  That wise man explained to me how, but I forget again.  Wikipedia says that "mainstream scholars have ignored the subject in order to protect the economic gains that the Shakespeare publishing world has provided them."  I am sure it goes higher up than this.  For one thing, why would anyone ever go to Stratford otherwise?
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  • MereNoviceMereNovice
    edited April 2010
    See http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/
    Lots of reasons, really. ;-)
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  • WilhelmWilhelm
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    See http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/ Lots of reasons, really. ;-)
    Posted by MereNovice
    "Facilities for conferences and smaller business venues are excellent."

    I'm sold.

    But it did remind me that the RSC is based in Stratford, and they'd look a bit silly if Shakespeare were exposed.  Maybe I should have posted this in Area 51...
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited April 2010
     tikay roulette - tried to launch tonight's game but nothing happened.....any clues...was logged in and registered
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  • tallboytallboy
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    Tikay I saw today as I was channel-flicking the repeat of Sunday's Primo.  Withtin the usual mess of poker ramblings, I heard you pose me a question; whether I believe that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon actually wrote the publicised works accredited to him.  Forgive me, but for mystery's sake, I wish for my views on this issue to remain private.  It is also for mystery's sake that I am a tad annoyed at DP for revealing my true identity.  Alas, I shall get over it.  I will however try to explain why one might be tempted to suspect that William Shakespeare was no more than a frontman for the true author to protect his (or her) identity. "The writer", as I shall henceforth be referring to him, displays in his work a knowledge  of contemporary science, medicine, astronomy, rhetoric, music, and foreign languages.  He would have had a higher education.  There is no evidence of William of Stratford having such an education.  It is widely assumed that William Shakespeare studied at King's New School in Stratford, despite there being no attendance records for him.  Had he studied here, there is no way he could attain the knowledge and vocabularly (30,000 words odd) he is supposed to have had.  The best graduates of Oxbridge at the time had a vocabulary of only around 10,000 words.  "The writer" would have allso been a well travelled man, whist William of Stratford never left the country, and rarely left the south.  Furthermore, there are no letters written by William of Stratford known to exist.  Just looking at the man's signature shows that writing his own name was a difficult task for him...  Oh yeah, and his children couldn't read or write.  Not surprising considerring there being no record of his father ever owning a book. O.K.  I feel I have touched on the "how", now for the "why".  Simply put, it's all politics.  As I have suggested by my earlier ramblings (once I start, it is terribly difficult to stop), it was an aristicrat who wrote Shakespeare's works.  It would have been damaging to "the writer's" public image to be seen to publish plays with such strong political messages that went against the rest of the aristocracy.  Alright so this last bit might seem a tad rubbish, but I will have to remind you here that I am only 18 years old.  I am by no means an expert in Shakespeare or the authorship debate.  A wise man explained it to me once, but I've forgotten now. I feel like my totally unbiased commentary may have given away my true feelings on the matter.  However, this is all merely the tip of the iceberg.  I would suggest reading up on the Shakespeare authorship question on wikipedia.  If you can trawl throught the whole thing you're a better man than me.  I use the term "man" loosely. Regards Wilhelt
    Posted by Wilhelm
    Pure class.
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  • WilhelmWilhelm
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Pure class.
    Posted by tallboy
    I do my best.
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  • batnballbatnball
    edited April 2010
    Can i change my poker name and if so how?
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    Can i change my poker name and if so how?
    Posted by batnball
    Hi

    Unfortunately, no you cant, sorry.
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  • unknown_usernameunknown_username
    edited April 2010
    Hi Tikay, i`m fairly new to playing poker on this site even though i`ve been a member for a while now, played for a couple of months then left as had no cash and came back about 4-5 months ago now, having some success, i would like to know, now wait for it, has Lisa Marie got a boyfriend????
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  • pod1pod1
    edited April 2010
    yes she has and she is from pompey!!!!!!!!!
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited April 2010
    In Response to Re: Ask Tikay?:
    Hi Tikay, i`m fairly new to playing poker on this site even though i`ve been a member for a while now, played for a couple of months then left as had no cash and came back about 4-5 months ago now, having some success, i would like to know, now wait for it, has Lisa Marie got a boyfriend????
    Posted by SCOTTY786
    Yes, LM is in a realationship.
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